CAPTAIN Marek Klassen says inconsistent Worcester Wolves must stop “living and dying” by the three-pointer.

Wolves landed a flurry of shots from range in their stunning 99-68 victory over Sheffield Sharks in the BBL Trophy first round.

But a week later they converted just six of their 31 triple attempts as they lost 81-73 at Bristol Flyers.

Klassen, 24, top scored with 18 points in the BBL defeat but admitted they were “relying too much” on long-distance shots to get them out of trouble.

“We have watched the film as a team and dissected things,” said the point guard.

“But one of the things we have to stop doing is living and dying by the three because in some games we make a lot of them and blow teams out and then in other games when they are not falling we are relying too much on them.

“We have had games, like against Sheffield, where we have made a great percentage from three. But in the last game we were getting wide open shots but the ball was just not falling.

“When you have situations like that it is tough to change the game-plan as you are getting the shots you want but we have got to find ways of scoring.”

Wolves have lost 11 of their 16 games in the BBL to slump outside of the play-off places and now face a tricky double-header.

They travel to leaders Newcastle Eagles tomorrow (7.30pm) before going up against fifth-placed London Lions at The Copper Box on Sunday (4pm).

And Klassen insists “consistency is key” to hopes of ending their three-match losing streak in the league.

“We have high expectations and I still think we are going to make the play-offs,” he said.

“But consistency is key. We have had some great wins when at least three guys have played well.

“But we cannot produce great results if we are not consistent as a team. One guy cannot carry the team so there needs to be two, three or four guys playing well with two others helping.”